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Mariah Carey Wants $186K Sanction In 'Christmas' IP Suit
Pop star Mariah Carey said Wednesday that two songwriters should be sanctioned $186,000 for filing court papers that were deemed frivolous by the California federal judge who tossed their copyright infringement lawsuit over her 1994 holiday hit "All I Want For Christmas Is You."
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11th Circ. Urged To End For-Cause Firing Of Tax Court Judges
A widow and former licensed practical nurse urged the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday to eliminate a code provision that only allows for-cause removal of U.S. Tax Court judges — saying it restricts presidential power — or else declare the provision unconstitutional because the Tax Court isn't a part of the executive branch.
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Law Firm Fights Ex-Paralegal's Anonymity Bid In Bias Suit
A former paralegal at a Pennsylvania law firm made speculative and illogical arguments to take her identity away from her overtime and retaliation suit, the firm said Thursday, urging a federal court to keep her name known.
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'Trailblazing' Labaton Keller Chair Dies At 54 From Cancer
Christopher Keller, the chairman and name partner of plaintiffs' firm Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP, has died at age 54, the firm announced Thursday, saying he will be remembered as a skilled and creative securities litigator and a respected leader.
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Blank Rome Adds Porter Wright Litigator In Houston
Blank Rome LLP has strengthened its business litigation group, appellate litigation practice, and cannabis and life sciences industry teams with an experienced trial lawyer who came aboard in Houston from Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP.
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Barley Snyder Boosts York, Pa. Office With Litigation Atty
An attorney from the now-closed Stock & Leader firm has moved her litigation and employment law practice to Barley Snyder's York, Pennsylvania, office, opting not to follow many of her former colleagues who joined Saxton & Stump.
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7th Circ. Agrees Insurer Must Cover Chicago's $3.75M Atty Fees
The Seventh Circuit has affirmed a lower court's finding that StarStone Insurance must foot the bill for $3.75 million in attorney fees to the city of Chicago from a civil rights lawsuit that settled for nearly $19 million, rejecting the insurer's argument that its policy with the city only covers damages.
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Atty Suspended Over Billing Lapses In State Street Case
The former managing partner of Thornton Law Firm LLP has received a 30-day license suspension for his decision to sign an inaccurate billing declaration to a federal judge in an investor action against State Street Bank.
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Boutique IP Litigator Returns To Mintz In Miami
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC strengthened its Miami ranks with the addition of a new patent litigator from his own firm, Goma Law PLLC.
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Ex-Cooley Partner Joins Baker McKenzie Global Dispute Team
Baker McKenzie has hired a former tech litigation attorney from Cooley LLP who focuses her practice on a range of commercial disputes involving complex business litigation for some of the largest tech companies in the world, the firm announced Wednesday.
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McCarter & English Grows Partnership Class With 9 Attorneys
McCarter & English LLP announced it had elevated nine attorneys to partner effective April 1, more than doubling the four partner promotions the firm had in 2024.
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Thompson Coburn's 'Midwest Culture' Brings Back LA Atty
Thompson Coburn LLP is expanding its West Coast team, welcoming back a Los Angeles litigator who previously left to run his own firm.
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Perkins Coie Urges Court To End Trump's 'Assault' On Firm
Perkins Coie LLP on Wednesday asked a D.C. federal judge to permanently block enforcement of President Donald Trump's "unconstitutional assault" on the firm and the rule of law, filing a summary judgment bid the same day the federal government pushed for the firm's suit to be tossed.
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'Zero Support In The Bar': Judiciary Downsizes Amicus Project
Faced with wide-ranging opposition and potential constitutional challenges, federal judiciary advisers Wednesday sharply scaled back plans to strengthen scrutiny of amicus briefs, a retreat that won praise from disparate corners of the legal industry.
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'Beer Law' Firm Says Confusion Is Brewing Over Rival's Name
A North Carolina law firm, one of whose managing partners focuses on advising businesses in the beer, wine and craft beverage industries under the name "Beer Law Center," on Wednesday accused a Colorado law firm of coasting off its reputation by offering services under the confusingly similar "Beer Law HQ."
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Retired Calif. Judges Unlikely To Revive Age Bias Suit
A California appellate court tentatively ruled against seven retired California state court judges accusing California's Judicial Council of age discrimination due to rules limiting the time retired judges can spend on temporary assignments, saying plaintiffs haven't shown a statistically significant impact to judges over 70, among other concerns.
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Client Says Colo. Injury Attys Didn't Tell Him About Settlement
A personal injury plaintiff is suing his former attorneys and their Colorado law firm for malpractice after they allegedly failed to notify him of a settlement offer in time, forcing the case to trial where jurors issued a verdict that was less than the settlement offer.
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Milbank Latest To Ink Trump Deal To Avoid Executive Order
Milbank LLP became the fourth firm to strike a deal with President Donald Trump in the wake of a series of executive orders targeting BigLaw, pledging on Wednesday to provide at least $100 million in pro bono legal work supported by the administration and to refrain from what the White House deems discriminatory and "illegal" diversity hiring.
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BakerHostetler Adds Ex-Federal Prosecutor As Partner
A former assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois has joined BakerHostetler in its Chicago office as a partner in the firm's litigation practice group, where he will focus on white collar matters, internal investigations and civil litigation.
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NY Judge Sanctions Attys For Adding Claims In Bad Faith
Lawyers representing an education resources supplier that sued its business partner over allegations of price-fixing and bid-rigging within the New York City school system have been sanctioned for repeatedly attempting to add claims to unauthorized amended complaints in what a federal judge said was bad faith.
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Ex-Kirkland Atty To Drop Bias Suit, Appeal Atty Firing Ruling
A former Kirkland & Ellis LLP intellectual property associate is expected to drop her claims against the law firm and related defendants, while also appealing a ruling that precluded her from firing her attorney in the case, the parties told a California federal court Tuesday.
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Atty Can't Duck Land Dispute Malpractice Suit, NJ Sisters Say
New Jersey sisters who sued Fox Rothschild and a firm attorney over the handling of their late stepfather's estate have told a New Jersey state judge that their claims were timely filed and that issues of material fact that would preclude summary judgment still remain.
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When Can Attys Decide To Drop Clients? ABA Says It Depends
Lawyers can drop clients at will as long as doing so won't harm the client's legal objectives or needlessly drive up costs, according to new guidance by the American Bar Association — but the guidance also notes that "getting out of a matter can be a lot harder than getting in."
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Kramer Levin DC Leaders Head To Hogan Lovells With Team
A quartet of former Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP attorneys, two of whom helped co-lead the firm's Washington, D.C., office and held other leadership roles, have moved their broad commercial litigation practice to Hogan Lovells, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Longtime Philly Federal Prosecutor Rejoins Berger Montague
A former assistant U.S. attorney has returned to Berger Montague's Philadelphia office after more than 25 years, with plans to continue fighting on behalf of consumers and investors who have been wronged.
Expert Analysis
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Spartan Arbitration Tactics Against Well-Funded Opponents
Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.
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General Counsel And Legal Ops Must Work Together
It is critical for general counsel to ensure that a legal operations leader is viewed not only as a peer, but as a strategic leader for the organization, and there are several actionable ways general counsel can not only become more involved, but help champion legal operations teams and set them up for success, says Mary O'Carroll at Ironclad.
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How Generative AI's Growing Memory Affects Lawyers
A new ChatGPT feature that can remember user information across different conversations has broad implications for attorneys, whose most pressing questions for the AI tool are usually based on specific, and large, datasets, says legal tech adviser Eric Wall.
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A Model For Optimal Legal Tech Investment Strategy
Legal organizations struggling to work out the right technology investment strategy may benefit from using a matrix for legal department efficiency that is based on an understanding of where workloads belong, according to the basic functions and priorities of a corporate legal team, says Sylvain Magdinier at Integreon.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Recruiter
Self-proclaimed "Lawyer Doula" Danielle Thompson at Major Lindsey shares how she went from Columbia Law School graduate and BigLaw employment associate to a career in legal recruiting — and discovered a passion for advocacy along the way.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Balance Social Activism With My Job?
Corporate attorneys pursuing social justice causes outside of work should consider eight guidelines for finding equilibrium between their beliefs and their professional duties and reputation, say Diedrick Graham, Debra Friedman and Simeon Brier at Cozen O'Connor.
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Personality Tests And Machine Learning Applications In Law
Mateusz Kulesza at McDonnell Boehnen looks at potential applications of personality testing based on machine learning techniques for law firms, and the implications this shift could have for lawyers, firms and judges, including how it could make the work of judges and other legal decision-makers much more difficult.
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AI Is Reshaping Lawyering: What To Expect In 2024
The future of lawyering is not about the wholesale replacement of attorneys by artificial intelligence, but as AI handles more of the routine legal work, the role of lawyers will evolve to be more strategic, requiring the development of competencies beyond traditional legal skills, says Colin Levy at Malbek.
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Embrace Active Voice In Legal Writing — In Most Cases
Legal writers should strive to craft sentences in the active voice to promote brevity and avoid ambiguities that can spark litigation, but writing in the passive voice is sometimes appropriate — when it's a moral choice and not a grammatical failure, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Help Associates Turn Down Work?
Marina Portnova at Lowenstein Sandler discusses what partners can do to aid their associates in setting work-life boundaries, especially around after-hours assignment availability.
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How AI Legal Research Tools Are Shifting Law Firm Processes
Although artificial intelligence-powered legal research is ushering in a new era of legal practice that augments human expertise with data-driven insights, it is not without challenges involving privacy, ethics and more, so legal professionals should take steps to ensure AI becomes a reliable partner rather than a source of disruption, says Marly Broudie at SocialEyes Communications.
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Data Source Proliferation Is A Growing E-Discovery Challenge
With the increased usage of collaboration apps and generative artificial intelligence solutions, it's not only important for e-discovery teams to be able to account for hundreds of existing data types today, but they should also be able to add support for new data types quickly — even on the fly if needed, says Oliver Silva at Casepoint.
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Bracing For A Generative AI Revolution In Law
With many legal professionals starting to explore practical uses of generative artificial intelligence in areas such as research, discovery and legal document development, the fundamental principle of human oversight cannot be underscored enough for it to be successful, say Ty Dedmon at Bradley Arant and Paige Hunt at Lighthouse.
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Why I Use ChatGPT To Tell Me Things I Already Know
The legal profession is among the most hesitant to adopt ChatGPT because of its proclivity to provide false information as if it were true, but in a wide variety of situations, lawyers can still be aided by information that is only in the right ballpark, says Robert Plotkin at Blueshift IP.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Use Social Media Responsibly?
Leah Kelman at Herrick Feinstein discusses the importance of reasoned judgment and thoughtful process when it comes to newly admitted attorneys' social media use.